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Kickstarter is losing its popularity and that’sgood news for the games industry, says 22cans. The developer came under fire from the media and consumers after its Kickstarter project – Godus – suffered development issues. The firm later admitted it may fail to meet some of the pledges it made to …
Read More »Castlevania designer’s spiritual successor smashes Kickstarter goal
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night raises $1m in first day
Read More »Former BioShock devs shelve The Black Glove
The surreal first-person adventure from some of the creative minds behind BioShock has been temporarily canned. The Black Glove, a new title from Day For Night Games, was being developed by a team offormer Irrational Games staff. The studio set up aKickstarter campaignto fund the title, but it wasunsuccessful. We’ve …
Read More »Castlevania dev’s new Kickstarter doubles $500,000 goal on first day
Castlevania developer Koji Igarashi went to Kickstarter less than 24 hours ago looking for $500,000 to fund his new title, the campaign currently has over $1m pledged with no sign of slowing. At time of publication, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has garnered more than 15,000 backers – meaning the …
Read More »‘Sod ’em, we’ll do it anyway’: How Solarix survived a failed Kickstarter
PulseTense Games on releasing the horror title after four years of development and an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign
Read More »Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee meets £175k Kickstarter goal in 40 minutes
The crowdfunding campaign for Playtonic’s new 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee has already surpassed its funding goal of 175,000, less than an hour after it began. The game is developed by ex-Rare developers and is billed as the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. It stars a chameleon named Yooka and a bat called …
Read More »Yooka-Laylee races past £175k Kickstarter goal in less than an hour
Playtonic's platformer on track to be one of the highest UK crowdfunded games ever
Read More »Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee hits Kickstarter this week
Playtonic Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee is scheduled to begin later today. A post on the indie studio’s website confirms the crowdfunding effort kicks off on May 1st at 5pm BST, though no word on how long it’ll run for. The game stars the chameleon Yooka and …
Read More »Kickstarter title Mighty No.9 set for September release
Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune’s Kickstarter title Mighty No.9 is coming to physical and digital retail this September. The game is launching on PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS3, 360 and PC on September 18th in the UK, with Vita and 3DS SKUs to come at a later date. And …
Read More »One-man studio making procedural Zelda-style title Songbringer
Crowdfunding campaign begins for randomly generated open world RPG
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